Eye mounting for dolls



March 24, 1931. j GRUBMAN 1,797,415

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Dec. 21, 1928 INVENTOR Leaf [iramam MATTO EY Patented'Mar. 24, 1931 i is p j T [UNITED STATES PATENT- v V LEO J. eRUBMAii, OFLBELLE Eamon, tone] is i i v I I EYEiMOUNTING Z 1 a r Application filed December 21, 1 92s 7 Serial No. 327304,. I j

I This invention relates to eye mountings for Fig.3 is a sectional view taken on the line dolls, and has for its primary object and 33 of Fig. am] purpose to provide an oscillatory eye mount- Fig. 4 is a detail viewillustrating in dotted ing of that type. in which the spaced eye lines theinitial position of the relatively Lfmembers are adapted for rocking engagemovable partsand'the eye members in apply-c ment with internal seats formed on the Wall ing the mounting, and showing said parts structure of the doll head adjacent to the andthe eye members in full lines after the respective eye openings and embodying a latter have been engagedwith the supportpen dulum frame having relatively movable ingseats.

EH parts carrying the i'espective eye members "Referring in detailto the drawing, for and Weight means for oscillating saidframe purposes of illustration, Ihave shown apart and acting bygra'vity to move said parts ofa'doll 'head5, the front wall-oi? which is relatively to each other in one direction and provided iththe-usual eye openings indiurge theeye members into operative engage cated; at 6 appropriately located with re- J men't upon said seats. spect to the nose and other molded features It is also another object of the invention of the head structure. i--' i to provide means for. effectively locking said I Upon the inner side of the head Wall and parts of the eye mounting against movement at the outer end of each of the elliptical vWith respect to each other in a direction shaped eye openings, said Wallis molded Z which Would permit of the movement of the with a thickened internally protruding sec- I eye members out of supporting contact With tion 7 which is milled out'on its inner face to the seats on the head Wall. 1 a provide a concave seat S hich forms a con.-

It is also a further general object of the tinuation ofthe eye member receiving socket invention to provide an eye settinglof the 9 formed on the inner side of the front Wall above type particularly designed for use in of the 1 11 h d at; h'l f th 3316013611- connectionwitlr glass eye members andin ings6; V I which the eye setting maybe readily inserted The eye mounting or setting as herein Within the doll head and the parts thereof shown consists of a Weighted pendulum movedto position the eye members upon the frame, which in the present instance .may QC supportingseats by the use of'one hand, after consist'of two simple stamped'parts of sheet SO the head hasbeen completely closed. metal in the form of l ever members 10 and WViththe above and other objects in View, lljrespeotivelyb The member 11 at one of its the invention consists in'the' improved eye ends-has a widenedrectangular portion-12 a mounting for dolls and in the form, confrom which a tubular stud 13 is punched SL3 "struction and relative arrangement'jof the forming a pivotupon Which one end of the S5 7 several parts as will be hereinafter more fully other lever member 10 is loosely engaged, the described, illustrated in the accompanying end of said stud*1 3 being burr-ed or swaged drawings, and subsequently incorporated in outwardly upon the lever memberlO to hold the subjoined claims. said lever members :to close sliding Contact at- In the drawings,wherein1have illustrated 'Wlfih.,8l0h other: I oneasimple and practical embodiment of the The part 12 of the lever member 11 below invention," and in which similar. reference and in spacedrelation to thestud 13 is procharacters designate:corresponding parts 'v ded with an'arm ltaprojectingxatright throughout the severalviews; 1 angles to the plane: of said lever member I T Figure l--"isa vertical sectional "View from one sl de thereof and the other or free through the frontportion of a doll head end of the leverniember 10 is curved as at showing my improved {eye "mounting; ar- 15;and proylded w th. a similar arm 16. ranged thGI6lI15 said sectionbeing taken sub- As. herein shown, fthe hollow glasseye a stantially on-the line 1'1 of Fig. 2; 4members17 are open at their rear ends and '50 :Fig. 2 is'a rear elevation; 1 filled witha cementitious or thermo-plastic 169 i eye members.

material indicated at 18 in which the arms ll and 16 of the respective lever members are embedded or anchored, thereby securely holding said eye members in fixed relation to the respective lever members.

The other or lower end of the lever member 11 isprovided with asuitable weightlt) and a dovv' n'war'dly extending. resiliently yieldable stop member 20, the free end of which is adapted to contact with the neck wall of the doll head. The lever member 11 is further provided at its inner longitudinal edge and in properly spaced relation from the pivot stud 13 with a resiliently yieldable lip or projection 21 which is positioned in the plane of the lever member 10 and beneath thelower end, to limit the relative pivotal movement of these le'ver members towards each other. 7 c

' In the application of the eyesetting above describedto its operative position in the doll head, the lever members are'sprung away from each other so as to permit the member 10 to ride over the yieldable lip 21, said mem- 3 hers being then moved towards each other as indicated indotted linesin Fig. 4 of the drawings, thus'al'so moving the two eye members inwardly towards each other and reducing the distance between the outer sides of said This distance is then less than the distance between the inner faces of the projections 7 on the doll head wall so that these'tting may be inserted upwardly in the hand through the neck opening of the .doll

, head and the eyemembers readily positioned between the seat-s 8; Thelevermembers1O and 11 are then pivotally movedapart relative-to each other, by simply forcingthe -levermember 10 upwardlywith the finger until the resilienttongue 21 snaps beneath the lower edge of the lever member 10;.

In this relative movement of; the lever members, the two eye members carried therebyare moved laterally outward relative to each other and into contact with the concave 1' seats 8 and'th-e walls of the eye sockets It will be observed that the 'centerof gravity of the weight 19 is'in la-terallygspaced relation from the pivot 13 andbetween the two eye inel'nbe'rs 17'so that there is a constant tendency of this weight to move 'bygravit y late-r.- al'ly into line with the pivot 'stud 13-and urge the two-lever members and 11 apart, thereby insuringia proper frictional contact of the 3 eye members with the seats 8, notwithstanding change or variation; in the, distance be- 7 tween these seats due tof shrinkage in the 'wall' structure 'of .the'dol'Lh-ead; According ly, the eye' menibers will at all times be prop- "erly retaia ied for vertical oscillation in their sochetsand held against inward or rearward movement by thewalls ofthe seats 8 to such position that the settin'g x'vould becomeentifrelydis'p lace'd from its 'operativefposition "relative to the eye openings 6. "Also, 1t=w111 order that the pupils of the eye members "may be accurately positioned relative to the respective eye openings 6, is unnecessary, and the use of special hastening or attachmg means for retaining the settii'ig in its operative position upon the; doll head wall is avoided, thus practically eliminating the liability of-breakage of theeye members in applying t-he-device to its operative position.

, When for. any reason, it may be necessary to remove the eye setting from the doll head, this can be easily, andquickly-accomplished by simply inserting; the hand upwardly through the neck opening' of the doll head and grasping the twoplever members with the fingers and exerting pressure to displace the spring lip 21-sothat these lever members may be relatively moved to .the dotted line positions of Fig. l, thus disengaging the eye members from th'eseats 8. The device may :thenbe' readily withdrawn throughthe neck 'openi-ng'ofthe doll head.v

'"In" the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, Iliave described and il- .'lustrated a practical embodiment ofmy present invention which has given excellent results an. actual: practice. It will,v however, be understood that certain variations may be made in 'the form and 'const'ruction'of the lever members and the means for connecting the same with each other as well as the man'- nor ofattaching the glass-eyes to said lever members. "Accordingly, it i's-to be understood that the essentialfeatui'es of the invention might beincor po'ratdzin various other alternative structural forms, and I therefore, re-

serve the privilege ofresorting 'to'all such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly 'embodied'within the sp'iritan'd scope of the invention'a's claimed. I

I claim: I c 1. An oscillatoryseye 'n'iom'iting for dolls including spaced eye -me1nbe'rs, relatively movabl'e parts connecting said: eye members into rocking engageme'nuwith spaced seats formed on the wall ozt' a'doll head.

'2. Ahfoscillatory 'eye niountiiig fori'dolls lllcllldln'g spaced eye:1me1nbers, relatively movable parts connecting said eye members ISO with each other, weight means carried byone of said parts for oscillating the eye members and acting by ravity to move said parts relative to each ot ier and urge the eye members laterally away from each other and into rocking engagement with spaced seats formed on the wall of a doll head, and means for preventing the reverse relative movement of said parts and the movement of the eye members towards each other and out of engagement with thesupporting seats. v

3. An oscillatory eye mounting for dolls including a pendulum frame consisting of two lever members pivotally connected with each other at one of their ends, an eye sev cured upon the other end of one of said lever members, an eye secured'to the other lever member below and adjacent the pivotal connection between said lever members, and a weight attached to the other end of the latter lever member having its center of gravity positioned between said eyes and tending to relatively move said lever members and urge theeyes into rocking contact with spaced supporting seats on the wall of a doll head.

4. An oscillatory eye mounting for dolls including a pendulum frame consisting of two lever members pivotally connected with each other at one ofltheir ends, an eye secured upon the other end of one of said lever members, an eye secured to the other lever member below and adjacent the pivotal connection between said lever members, and a weight attached to the other end of the latter lever member having its center of gravity positioned between said eyes and tending to relatively move said lever membersand urge the eyes into rocking contact with spacedsupporting seats on the wall of a doll head, and one of said lever members having means to coact with the other lever member and prevent pivotal movement of said lever members towards each other and the movement of the eye members out of engagement with the supporting seats.

' 5. In combination with adoll head having concave seats on itsopposite side walls adjacent to eye openings in the front wall of the doll head, an oscillatory eye mounting having relatively movable parts, spaced eye members carried by said parts and movable therewith towards and from each other adapted to be positioned in cooperative relation relative to the respective eye openings and engaged at their outer sides with the seats on the side walls of the doll head, and gravity acting means carried by one of said parts and normally tending to move said having relatively movable parts, spaced eye members carried by said parts and movable therewith towards and from each other adaptedto be positioned in cooperative relation relative to the respective eye openings and engaged at their outer sides with the seats on the side walls of the doll head, gravity acting meanscarried by one of said parts and normally tending to move said parts in one direction relative to each other to urge said spaced eye members into supported engagement withthe respective seats, and means limiting the reverse relative movement of said parts to prevent inward movement of the eye memberstowards each other and out of bearing contact upon said seats.

7. An oscillating eye mounting for dolls including spaced eyemembers, and connect ing means between said eye members embodying relatively movable parts and means connecting each part to an eyemember, and means pivotally connecting said parts with each other positioned above a horizontal plane extending through the centers of said eye members and permitting of relative angular movement of said parts whereby said eye members may be moved relative to each other into and out of rocking engagement with bearingseats on the wall of a doll head.

8. An oscillating eye mounting for-dolls including spaced eye members, and connecting means between said eye members embodying relatively movable parts and means connectmg each vpart to an eye member,-and

means pivotally connecting said parts with each other positioned above horizontal plane extending through the centers of said angular movement of said parts whereby said eye members may be moved relative to each LEO J. GRUBMAN.

parts in one direction relative to each other to urge said spaced eye members into supported engagement with the respective seats.

6. In combination with adoll head having concave seats on its opposite side walls adjacent to eye openings in the front wall of.

the doll head, an oscillatory eye mounting eye members and permitting of relative; I 

